The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-11

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stroke OF bayonet, and lying across
the road by which we mounted.
"Stll. did not stay to examine him,
for they were firing upon us from all
sides, the deadliest havoc being made
in our ranks by the shots that came
from Il cluster of novels upon kind of
plateau covered with brushwood. and
there we fought for long time.
At last we were masters OF the posi-
ton and the Kabyles in full retreat In
my own company alone eleven men
were missing ut roll.call, and toward
the end of the day the Captain gave me
an order to 90 and seek them. | de-
parted with u squad of Zouaves, and in
course of time found upon the field OF
battle five dead and four wounded.
This was not my complement, however,
and in thinking it over the idea came
to me that possibly the other two miss.
ing ones had remained in the houses
from which they had chased the Kab,
yles. The idea was a good one, for al
the door of the first house we entered !
found the body of one OF my men.
made them pick him up, and we
PASSED INTO THE INCLo sURE
Which seemed at first to be only walls.
The huts of the Kabyles, built without
windows, are anything but light, but
when my eyes became accustomed to
the obscurity of The chamber, | dis
covered the other, also cor pse, lying
at the foot OF an enormous terra-cotta
jar, where he had evidently been kill
cd by shot striking him full in, the
face. They carried him away with tlfe
Others, and, delighted at having finished
my duty, followed them out.
suddenly us | crossed the threshold
there was the sound of pistol-shot
seemingly fired behind me in the inter
ior OF the hut we had jus, left My men
rushed in again, and upon the floor, at
the foot of the jar where they had but
u moment ago found the body of their
comrade, they discovered their Sergcni
lying in Il pool of blood, which oozed
from II wound in the brow made by Il
ball. Such Il thing us this was mex
plicable, for no one was in the hut
when we entered it a snort time before
and no one was in it then.
"All at once, as ! stopped TO examine
the body, there was sudden commo-
ton, 4 wild cutlery, and the terra-cotta
jar was laying on its side, delugng
the floor with waves of oil, and throw
ing on his face II miserable rascal of a
Kabyle who held in his hand danger
Gus looking pistol, the same mdoubt-
ly with which he had killed the SER
geant as he approached his place Of
concealment. Finding himself in close
quarters again he had made dash faI
liberty, but
THEY BEAT HIM TO DEATH
With the but ends of their muskets. "
AS the General stopped moment to
light a fresh cigar his wife rose from
her seat and quietly re-entered tho
salon, having frequently heard the story
before it was natural that she would
weary of its sinister detail.
Her husband watched her rs she van
lshed within, then imperiurbably con-
tinued:
''Tho appearance of this ras-
cal upon the scene explained every
hing. Taken unawarcs by the mp
proach of my scouting party. the
Kabyle, not having time to fly, had con-
cealed himself in this monstrous jar,
used by his race for storing oil, of which
they consume an immense quantity.
There, plunged in greasy fluid half
way up his body, he had waited, pistol
IN hand, ready to blow out the brains
Of the first one who would venture to
show his nose at the opening of the jar
and the Sergeant had also been taken
in the trap.
1.-The skin of this fellow had cost US
more than it was worth, but he would
murder no Che else, and it now only
for us to return to the
Divouac.
my Lieutenant" cried the Corporal
1t this instant; my Lieutenant. some
hing moves over there;" pointing to
husky corner. Something is crouch
ng therel'' And the man was right